Improvement in mats



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE` ERNEST DREHEB, OF NEWARK, NEW `JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT lN MATS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 175,857, dated April 11, 1876 application file March 28, 1876.

To all whom it may concern@ Be it known that I, ERNEST DEEHER, of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Screens; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists inthe construction and arrangement of a screen made of slats, that may be applied to a variety of purposes, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

ln the annexed drawing, Figure 1 is a plan view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a section ,of the same through the line x, Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a side view of a part thereof, showing it on Through the slats A and balls B are made holes for the passage of cords C C, made of wire, cable-wire, gut, or any other suitable iexible material, for connecting the parts together, the ends of said cords being fastened to the end slats in any desirable and convenient manner.

This screen may be used for a number of purposes. It will form a firm and yet adjustable flooring, firm when laid upon the floor, ground, walk, or other'level surface, and can easily be removed by rolling it around itself. There is no necessity of its entire removal when laid for sweeping purposes, since it can be partially rolled up from either end, and so permitting the removal of accumulated dust, dirt, or spilled liquids from the base upon which it is used.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the slats A, with balls B between them, and the cords C, passing through and uniting them together, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ERNEST DBEHER.

Witnesses l DANIEL DIPPEL, WILLIAM DREHER. 

